created reference approved 讨好/討好 → 费力不讨好/費力不討好 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
讨好 / 討好 tǎohǎo
费力不讨好 / 費力不討好 fèilìbùtǎohǎo
see
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 讨好/討好 · tǎohǎo · to curry favor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
讨好 / 討好
tǎohǎo
to curry favor
To try to please someone or gain their favor by fawning or being servile; to toady or flatter.
讨, 好
讨 (literal) → 讨/討 · tǎo · to provoke 好 (literal) → 好 · hào · to be fond of
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 讨好/討好 · tǎohǎo · to be rewarded with good results — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
讨好 / 討好
tǎohǎo
to be rewarded with good results
To get a desired outcome or have one's effort rewarded; used mostly in the negative to describe thankless tasks, such as in the phrase [[费力不讨好|費力不討好|fei4 li4 bu4 tao3 hao3]].
讨, 好
讨 (literal) → 讨/討 · tǎo · to ask for 好 (literal) → 好 · hǎo · [finished]
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition